Clover Hill received its first Michelin star just eight months after opening in Brooklyn; Mitchell is also only the second-ever Black Michelin-starred chef in America. 

Ghost kitchens and virtual brands in a post-pandemic world will favor more flexible, transparent business models from industry veterans like Reef and Nextbite, to newcomers like Oomi and Meal Outpost. 

Former Church’s Texas Chicken executive named to head fast-casual brand. 

The joint venture agreement will allow the restaurant chain and the Green Bay Packers player to share ownership of six locations in Wisconsin. 

From restaurant reviews to discovery, it’s become the new platform for consumers to uncover where to go next. 

Plus innovation at Bluestone Lane, Bojangles, Chronic Tacos, Clean Juice, Crumbl Cookies, Dolly Llama, Freebirds World Burrito and more. 

As of Oct. 2022, restaurants are open for 7.5% fewer hours than they were before the pandemic, according to new research from Datassential. 

New data from Alignable shows that rent delinquency among small businesses jumped by 7%, with restaurants at 49%.

Waiter handhelds to be rolled out systemwide by year’s end and oven update in 2023, restaurant executives say on Q3 analyst call.